Jeremiah 18:6:12Jer.18.6.W12TAB
הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר
hayotser
“the potter”
- Transliteration
- ha-yo-TSER
- Extended
- hah-yoh-TSEER
- IPA
- /haj.joːˈtseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the potter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-yo-TSER
- phraseyour reading level
be-YAD ha-yo-TSER
- clause
hi-NE kha-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER ken-a-TEM be-ya-DI BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ha-kha-yo-TSER ha-ZEH lo-O-khal la-a-SOT la-KHEM BET yis-ra-EL ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH hi-NE kha-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER ken-a-TEM be-ya-DI BET yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
In the second clause, hinneh {הִנֵּ֤ה | hin-nēh} ‘look’ introduces the simile kakhomer {כַחֹ֙מֶר֙ | ka-ḥō-mer} ‘like clay’ in the hand of the potter hayotser {הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר | ha-yō-tzēr}, linked by the adverb ken {כֵּן־ | kēn} ‘so’ to the pronoun atem {אַתֶּ֥ם | ʾattēm} ‘you’.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–tsade–resh
“to form, shape”
In context — Jeremiah 18:6
“House of Israel, am I not able to deal with you like this potter?” declares the LORD . “Look—like the clay in the hand of the potter, so you are in My hand, house of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 18:6, so the Hebrew word הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר (hayotser) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jer.18.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.6.W12.S1) and character.